IPLC Director Professor Jeremy Sheff was selected as a 2016-17 Visiting Overseas Researcher by the Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) in Tokyo, Japan, through a program entrusted to IIP by the Japan Patent Office. Professor Sheff spent two months in Tokyo, where he conducted empirical research on Japan's trademark registration system.
Professor Sheff blogged about his summer research in Tokyo, and the slides from his final presentation may be found here.